Kit and process for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers

A method for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers, using a kit comprising:

• a container-defining sheet made of a plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container, each of said containers being surrounded by a flange of a given width provided with a central dotted line punched therein, said dotted line provided in all of said flanges making it possible to detach each of the containers from the container-defining sheet and from the adjacent containers;
• a recessed support having a top surface provided with a number of recesses at least equal to the number of cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet, said recessed support being positioned, shaped and sized to receive the containers defined by said cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet;
• a container-sealing sheet shaped and sized to cover at least all the containers and surrounding flanges of the container-defining sheet, said container-sealing sheet being provided with tearing lines making it possible to tear said container-sealing sheet into a number of cover pieces corresponding to the number of said containers;
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• positioning means provided onto at least the top surface of the container-defining sheet and on the container-sealing sheet to ensure that, in use, after the container-defining sheet is fitted onto the recessed support, the paper covering is peeled off from the bands of the container-sealing sheet and said container-sealing sheet is positioned on top of the top surface of the container-defining sheet, the bands covered with a self-adhesive material and their tearing lines being in exact superposition on top of the flanges and the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet;
• wherein the recesses of the recessed supports and the cavities of the container-defining sheet are positioned to form regularly spaced apart rows and columns;
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• wherein the positioning means comprises at least one upwardly projecting protuberance provided on the top surface of the recessed support, at least one hole provided into the container-defining sheet and at least one other hole provided in the container-sealing sheet, said at least one hole and one other hole being sized and positioned to correspond to and be engaged by said protuberance;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• engaging the cavities of the container-defining sheet into the recesses of the recessed support;
• filling each cavity with a given number of pill(s);
• engaging the positioning means provided on the top of the container-defining sheet together with the one provided on the container sealing sheet;
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• pressing and fixing the container-sealing sheet to the top surface of the container-defining sheet, whereby the tearing lines of the container-sealing sheet are in exact superposition on top of the flanges and the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet and become glued to said flanges.